Pubdate: 8 Mar 1999 Source: Reuters Copyright: 1999 Reuters Limited. BRAZIL POLICE SEIZE COCAINE HEADED FOR SPAIN-TV RIO DE JANEIRO, March 8 (Reuters) - Brazilian police seized 662 pounds (300 kilograms) of Colombian cocaine, destined primarily for Spain, and arrested six men in the culmination of a two-year investigation, Globo TV Network said on Monday. Three Brazilians and three Colombians were charged with drug trafficking after police on Monday raided a farm and airstrip outside Londrina, 237 miles (381 km) northwest of Curitiba, the capital of the southern Brazilian state of Parana. Most of the cocaine, thought to come from the Colombian city of Cali, was to be hidden in frozen chicken or instant coffee and shipped to Spain, the Globo TV report said. The rest was headed for Brasilia. A cache of light arms was also discovered, the report said. Police were not immediately available for comment. The seizure and arrests followed a two-year police operation targeting drug traffickers. Large amounts of cocaine produced in Colombia, Peru and Bolivia pass through Brazil on their way to Europe and the United States. Brazil, whose arid northeast also produces marijuana, is battling a growing drug trade as pressure on traffickers has increased in neighbouring cocaine-producing nations. - --- MAP posted-by: Mike Gogulski